Death on the Nile

Is it true, my guide asks, that America views this as a third-world countryThat we consider Egypt’s development to be … More

When life gives you lemons

I have a cousin who once lived in Oakland, CaliforniaWhere she had a magic lemon tree in her backyard With … More

Destination

Do I go left or right hereThe way I drive places MostlyI don’t know street names anymoreThey could have no … More

Re: LAX

One night flying home from ArgentinaI suffered an unavoidable layover in LAXArriving at 8:00 p.m. exhaustedMy connecting flight to HonoluluWould … More

If You Believe

I stepped off the bus from Ullapool at the Inverness Station.  Checking my watch, I saw I had four hours … More

Very Zen

“Excuse me, sir, but you can’t stop here. Please keep walking.” She’s pleasant enough, but I sense a sinister undertone, … More

The Spirit of Aloha

“So what’s so important that you have to yell?” the platform director asked, looking up at the flustered man. The … More

Do Not Try To Pet Bears

Australia, how would you know this?Barren of bears as AntarcticaAnd all your penguins silent on the subject No bear has ever … More

The Toll of Travel

Near the trip end, a so long vacation of viewingtossed pasts like old glass broken to the bottomin blunted glitter … More

The Wild Side

I dreamt I was returning to Africa,traveling this time by ship.As we came into port, I could seeall the trees were … More

Go Back

A slow country riderocks us from crest to crestthen one more nextthe highest yetfinds us abovea lowest valley deepthe feel … More

A Visiting

“Ay, it’s the cost of everything these days that drives me crazy. Nowadays I’m only rolling my own.” Chris could … More

Down and Out

I’m working on the daily Wordle, my obsession, when my phone vibrates. At first, I try to ignore it, deep … More

Good Save

In my trips to China with my Qi Gong master, I’ve been able to visit places even many Chinese have … More

Figuring

“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More

Ride

My thumb, I look at it, pointed on in the direction I’m headed,that famous destination of a’ways down the road … More

Everything Is Connected

I sit listening to the ocean lap as the sun rises from the east,follow its crawl up the sky from … More

Seating Assignment

I’d been praying, walking down the aisle, my carry-on black Adidas bag held out in front of me so as … More

The 38th Parallel

I’m standing next to my Uncle Wonnie.  He’s peering through a viewing slot in the bunker.  The opening is about six inches, … More

The Ending’s Beginning

This is the end of it, I think, standing stiff after 7 hours in the air,the snaking line of terminal … More